The Happiness Project

My next debt of gratitude and inspiration is to Gretchen Rubin, fellow blogger and writer of “The Happiness Project.” I grabbed Gretchen’s book in Logan airport after literally losing my best friend. I actually put it down 3 times thinking, “no, please, no Pollyana b.s. – I can’t take it.” But something kept drawing me back to it until I found myself at the check out counter handing over my debit card with Ms. Rubin’s book in my hand. I don’t really want to do a “Happiness Project” (or maybe this blog IS my happiness project) but what I learned from Gretchen’s book is something I new from my undergrad days while getting a degree in English Literature – writers write! The Happiness Project blog and book prove that you don’t have to wait until you are brilliant or you have a genius message to write, you just have to do it. She admits in her book that the Happiness Project and her 30-day novel Happiness are not master pieces, and in fact they are contrived. But hello? Can you say “Best Seller’s List?” Because that is where Gretchen Rubin has landed. Thank you Gretchen for teaching me I don’t have to wait until I find a muse or become a genius to do what I love – writing. I just have to do it!

Speaking of muses, once I was inspired by the song, I thought of 100 things I could be thankful for, and that I would like to write about it. So, that’s where this blog is going.